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MISS SIXTY

by Sigrid Hörner

synopsis

The good news is that you can live until you’re one hundred. The bad news is that society doesn’t need you after sixty. So what to do with the last third of your life? Louise and Frans both have a plan. Louise (60), a strong, independent molecular-biologist and daughter of Doris (77), decides to get pregnant and have a baby. Frans (60), a gallery-owner, life-long bachelor and father of Max (27), decides to re-start his career by discovering the next rising star in the contemporary art scene. While struggling to redefine themselves, correct past mistakes, make up for lost time and avoid total ridicule, Louise’s and Frans’ paths cross. Obsessed with Romy, his 27 year-old intern and regular sex-mate, the last thing Frans needs is to fall in love with a sixty year-old woman with frozen eggs and a sperm donor. But he does. Obsessed with turning back the biological clock and finally finding out what it feels like to hold her own baby in her arms, the last thing Louise needs is to fall in love with the father of her “anonymous” sperm donor. But she does.

original title: Miss Sixty
country: Germany
year: 2014
genre: fiction
directed by: Sigrid Hörner
film run: 98'
release date: DE 24/04/2014
screenplay: Jane Ainscough
cast: Iris Berben, Edgar Selge, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Björn von der Wellen, Jördis Richter, Götz Schubert, Kirsten Block
cinematography by: Matthias Fleischer
film editing: Mona Bräuer
art director: Thorsten Sabel
costumes designer: Ute Paffendorf
music: Max Knoth
producer: Corinna Eich, Sigrid Hörner, Helge Sasse
production: Moneypenny Filmproduktion GmbH, Bavaria Film, Senator Film Produktion, ARD Degeto Film GMBH, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ARTE GEIE
distributor: Senator Filmverleih, VerCine

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